A tattooed man in a Chicago Bulls jersey repeatedly stabbed a man during a weekend clash inside a Chelsea deli, cops said.
The menace stormed up to the 36-year-old victim inside Cafe Deli-Cious on West 23rd Street near Sixth Avenue around 7:45 p.m. Sunday and started a heated argument, police said.
The enraged man stepped out, but then returned a second time, flashed a “sharp object” and stabbed the victim in the stomach and chest, authorities said.
Footage released by the NYPD Tuesday night appears to show the start of the confrontation between the suspect – seen with a neck and arm tattoo, the black and red jersey and a baseball cap – and the victim, who is blurred out.
The stabbing is not shown.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.
It was not immediately clear whether the victim was a deli worker.
Anyone with information on the attack is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
